pipes cross each other or go outside the walls. Know then, that as
Azalia's wedding must be celebrated in that garden, it is very
important to you that it be completed."

[Illustration: THE THREE FOUNTAINS AND THE THREE GATES.]

[Illustration: THE THREE FOUNTAINS AND THE THREE GATES.]

[Illustration: THE THREE FOUNTAINS AND THE THREE GATES.]

When Garrofat ceased, Bright-Wits was about to give way to his wrath,
but a look from Azalia checked him, and he said, "So be it. I accept
this new task."

"And the old penalty," chuckled Doola.

"Yes, and the old penalty," cried Bright-Wits. "But look to it thyself,
thou hungry hind, lest thou be nearer the whips than I."

Now although Bright-Wits made no secret of his contempt for Garrofat and
Doola, his love for the Princess Azalia daily increased. In a shaded
part of the palace grounds there stood a pretty little pavilion, and
here, in company with Ablano, Bright-Wits and Azalia spent many happy
hours.

_The reader may observe that the fountains and gates are coloured
the same in pairs: gray for gold, white for silver, and black for
bronze. He may with his pencil endeavour to connect each fountain
with the gate of its own colour._